Kate Chopin A style of her own
Kate Chopin uses symbolism and realism to enhance her theme of social conflict in the lives of women during the nineteenth century. These conflicts seemed to travel from one woman to the next, unnoticed by the rest of society. Chopin used these conflicts as a basis for all of her short stories and novels. This inevitably started turmoil about issues that never were brought out before. This, in turn, opened the eyes of society to the individuality of women. In The Awakening, by Chopin, a woman named Edna realizes that she is an individual and has individual feelings. She and her family lived at Grand Isle during the summer and her husband, Leonce, goes to the city every week, and is at Grand Isle during the weekend. This allows Edna the freedom to do and think what she pleases. A young man named Robert, lives at Grand Isle during the summer also. He flirts continuously with Edna, and she seems to like this sort of attention. Robert and Edna always went to the waterhole on the hot summer days to cool off. Of course, they would never go when the sun was high in the sky. Then, Robert would walk Edna back to her house and they would talk for hours. Everyone at Grand Isle could see th
When Robert returns to see Edna, she is full of excitement. The realistic style that Chopin uses are also very similar. Desiree's feelings overcome her and she drowns herself and her child. She also uses real situations to show the significance of these issues. When she does tell Leonce, he tells everyone that he and Edna were merely remodeling the house and Edna needed a place to stay. Women had few options, and one of them was, unfortunately, death. However, after reading many of her other short stories and seeing the connection among all of them, I believe that Chopin's focus is on women's hardships in life. While alone Edna "awakens" to the fact that she is an individual and has individual feelings. This creates a more natural style in the short story. At this time, Edna is now living back in the city on Esplanade Street. In "The Storm" Chopin again uses symbolism to emphasize the main event of the plot. Edna, on the other hand, did not see this attraction immediately. Edna feels that she should come before her husband, but walks a thin line when asked if she puts her children before herself.
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